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WCDT: 2434-2438 (29 April-3 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
GarandMarine:
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--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 29 Apr 2013, 23:57 ---Karma's a bitch Clinton.
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Peas on hurt; goodwill to all sentient beings.
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As an Avatar of the Universal Powers of Hate and Discontent I don't think I'm legally allowed to express support for this sentiment. I suppose I'll have to check my contract later.
@Zoe: As someone who's done a lot of overcoming the past year, I don't think I'd ever get over my inborn automatic response of trying to kill Gordon with the nearest heavy object. Then again I'm so ridiculously arachnophobic it probably qualifies as something more severe....
@bhtooefr: I don't think Claire has the same level of severe hang ups Dora does. Fidelity yes, but Dora's are connected to some serious self worth issues. Claire obviously doesn't like the idea of cheaters or cheating in a monogamous relationship, and she has some anxiety issues, but that doesn't translate to Dora's screwed up psyche. Personal opinion: Claire's one of the most stable members of the cast. Not that that's a particularly hard competition to win...
Border Reiver:
Claire's up there for stability with Marten and Angus.
No justice - no peas.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Xthform on 29 Apr 2013, 23:42 ---If Scott Ramsoomair has the gale to write this comic http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=270 why can't Jeph make a comic where a pre op trans gender character has a relationship with a member of their current pre op sex.
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If only Scott Ramsoomair would bother to POST a damn strip at least once a week instead of this wishy-washy schedule, perhaps your argument would hold some weight.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 30 Apr 2013, 03:06 ---Meanwhile... I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to be in a chassis like Gordon's. Sort of a "+4 Dex, -15 Cha". How much of our opinions are based on appearances? Can we look behind someone's eyes, to see them rather than their body? Can we overcome our prejudices - though that's a bit of a tall order, I should de-scope. Let's try "can I overcome my prejudices" based on appearance?
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Ah prejudice, it's a pain in the ass. Especially when it's your own prejudice that you're trying to overcome and you know you're behaving stupidly, but you still can't shake the automatic response.
Me, I'd pick an arachnoPC for my companion-anthroPC given the option. Gordon is cool. And he probably has all kinds of useful hardware functions. :-D
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 30 Apr 2013, 03:14 ---@Zoe: As someone who's done a lot of overcoming the past year, I don't think I'd ever get over my inborn automatic response of trying to kill Gordon with the nearest heavy object. Then again I'm so ridiculously arachnophobic it probably qualifies as something more severe....
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I've had to eject two Huntsman spiders from the premisses recently. Catch and Release.
They can give a nasty bite, hurts and bleeds a lot.
I've also dealt with two redbacks. Their bites would be (not could be, would be) fatal to my in-laws, both in their 90s. Those arachnids didn't get caught, they got neutralised with extreme prejudice.
Was I scared? Terrified, actually. But it needed doing.
One can, to some degree, overcome one's instincts. It helps to know that those instincts are causing you to act counterproductively, and this is important dammit!.
Catching the huntsmen - both as big as my hand - gave me the screaming meemies. After transition, I acquired arachnophobia I didn't have before - some neural re-wiring from the hormones I guess. That was unexpected, and I only became aware of it when visiting a friend's house, seeing his "dangerous spider recognition chart" (as I'd seen many times before without thinking anything more than "how useful") and nearly screaming.
The joys of living in Australia.
My bet is that if Gordon's life was in danger, and you knew for a fact that he was a person, you'd pick him up and take him to safety. THEN collapse in a screaming heap. Amnesia-inducing drugs would be appropriate therapy.
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